Zozobra organizers are selling a limited number of premium tickets in a private seating area that will get participants within a few hundred feet of The Burning Man.

Premium tickets will cost $25 and will get event-goers in through a private entrance. Regular tickets will still be sold for $10.

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Ray Sandoval, Zozobra organizer, said the cost of putting on Zozobra increases every year, and these premium tickets are one way to offset those increasing costs. Sandoval said some of the most expensive costs are lighting and security.

Sandoval said they are also dealing with extra expenses this year because of a bridge that buckled at Fort Marcy Park last year.

The city of Santa Fe is replacing the bridge, but it won’t happen until December, so Sandoval said he had to figure out a different way to get people into and out of the park for the event.

Sandoval said the new entrance this year will be a lot faster.

Tickets to Zozobra went on sale Monday, and so far, more than 300 premium tickets have been sold. There are only 500 premium tickets available.